Insecticide-distributer.



W. M. SWEARINGEN.

INSECTICIDE DIST'BIBUTERJ APPLICATION FILED OCT. 24. 1916.

Patented Aug. 14-, 1917.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY VVILLIAlVE M. SWEARIN GEN, OF SHEPHERDSVILIJE, KENTUCKY.

INSEGTICIDE DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed October 24, 1916. Serial No. 127,440.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. SWEAR- INGEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shepherdsville, in the county of Bullitt and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insecticide-Distributers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to devices for disseminating poison in the form of powder over plants, and has for an object to provide such a device wherein the powder is distributed in a new and novel manner.

In addition to the foregoing, this invention comprehends improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings in which similar and corresponding parts are designated by the same characters of reference throughout the several views in which they appear;

Figure 1, is a view in side elevation of an insect powder distributing device constructed after the manner of my invention,

Fig. 2, is a view thereof partly in section, and

Fig. 3, is a view in section of a device to be associated with the distributer.

With reference to the drawings, 1 indicates a section of tubing, closed at one end as indicated at 2, and provided at its 0pposite end with a band 3, adapted to reinforce said end to receive a set screw 4 which passes through the band and one wall of the tubing. A handle section 5, which may be solid is inserted in the open end of the tubular section 1, and secured therein by tightening the set screw 4 which is adapted to engage the handle section. The opposite end of the handle section 5 is enlarged as at 6 to provide a hand grip. Obviously the handle and tubular sections may be adjusted toward or away from each other to vary the length thereof.

The closed end 2 of the tubular section 1 is inserted within a bagor the like 7 formed of relatively thin fabric, said bag being secured to the tubular member by means of a short leather strap 8, which encircles the mouth of the bag and secures the same upon the rod, a buckle 9 being provided whereby said strap is secured. A band of leather or,

the like 10 is further provided around the tubular member 1 adjacent the point of connection of the bag, for a purpose which will presently appear.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated what I term a tap rod which will be seen to comprise a solid section 11, having at one end an enlargement 12, the opposite end of said section being adapted to enter the end 13 of a tubular section 14. The open end 13 of the tubular section 14 is provided with a band 15 similar to the band 3 and is likewise provided with a set screw 16. Obviously the sections 11 and 14 may be adjusted relatively toward each other to vary the length of the tap rod as a whole.

In operation, the length of the tap rod is adjusted to correspond to the length of the i rod of the device, and with the handle of the distributing device grasped in one hand and the tap rod in the other the leather collar 10 is struck repeatedly by the enlargement 12 of the tap rod whereupon the poison in the bag 7 will pass through the mesh of the material of which the bag is composed, and fall in a uniform manner upon the leaves of the plants.

I am aware insect powder distributing devices have heretofore been provided, but in g each instance according to my knowledge the powder is distributed under pneumatic pressure, as a result of which the powder is not distributed uniformly but thereby permits too much of the powder to be deposited upon particular portions of the plants there by quickly deteriorating the same. By use of this device, the insect powder ispermitted to settle gradually upon the plants there by becoming uniformly distributed thereover.

While I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereover may be made, and I therefore reserve the right and privilegeof changing the form of the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

An insect powder distributer, including a handle formed of relatively movable telescoping sections, a sack of relatively thin fabric, secured to one of said sections and adapted to contain insect powder, and a leather collar surrounding the handle at the point of connection of the bag, whereby the handle may be struck to vibrate the handle and thereby cause the insect powder to sift through the sack, said collar being provided to receive the blows to protect the handle against Wear.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM M. SWEARINGEN. Witnesses:

J. F. CULLINGs, J. C. CARROLL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Batentse Washington, D. G. 

